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John Solomon Peacock

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	William Peacock 1795 - 1857	Martha Patterson 1790 - 1850

About John Solomon Peacock

John Solomon Peacock
1823 - 11/20/1860

John Solomon Peacock was born about 1823 somewhere in Georgia and died on November 20, 1860 somewhere in Florida. Actual date of birth is unknown. He lived to be about 37 years old.

He married Sarah Jane Elefair McClellan (1831-1915).

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Age	Date	Event
1	1824	Tallahassee is established at the capital of Florida because it is half-way between the two government centers in St. Augustine and Pensacola. The Legislative Council meets in November in a log house erected in the vicinity of today's capitol.
12	1835	The Second Seminole Indian War keeps the United States and Seminoles Indians fighting in North & Central Florida.
14	1837	NEWS HEADLINES: In October, Chief Osceola of the Seminole Indians is captured when he arrives for supposed truce negotiations at Fort Payton. He is imprisoned at St. Augustine, FL where he refuses to eat and attempts to escape several times. In December he is moved to a prison in SC where he dies on January 20, 1838. At the time of his death, Osceola was the most famous American Indian.
19	1842	Congress passes the Armed Occupation Act of 1842. It entitles persons willing and able to bear arms against the Indians and establish themselves in villages along the borders of Indian territory ownership of their land after 5 years.
19	1842	Second Seminole Indian War ends and some of the Seminole Indians living in FL are moved to the Indian Territory
22	1845	Florida becomes the 27th state to join the United States. William Moseley becomes the first governor and David Yulee the first senator.
27	1850	Florida's total population has grown to 87,445. This includes about 39,000 slaves and 1,000 free blacks. Indians were not counted.
32	1855	Third Seminole Indian War begins and war breaks out with most of the battles occurring in Central Florida. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.

Age	Date	Event
1	1824	December 15 - Upson and Ware Counties formed.
2	1825	Baker, Lowndes, Thomas, Butts and Taliaferro Counties formed.
3	1826	January 24 - Treaty of Washington abrogates Treaty of Indian Springs. The Creeks cede a smaller area and are allowed to remain on their lands until January 1, 1826.
4	1827	December 14, - Harris, Marion, Meriwether and Talbot.
7	1830	Cherokee, Heard, and Stewrt Counties are formed.
8	1831	Sumter County is formed.
9	1832	December 3 - Bartow, Cobb, Crawford, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Paulding, and Union Counties formed.
10	1833	Walker County is formed.
13	1836	Seminoles massacre Major Francis L. Dade and his 103 man command. This starts the second Seminole War. February - Battle of Hitchity. March 27 - Colonel J.W. Fannin and his Georgian's executed by order of Santa Ana at Goliad on Palm Sunday. July - Battle of Brushy Creek. July 3 - Battle of Chickasawachee Swamp. July 27 - Battle of Echowanochaway Creek.
14	1837	Mcon and Dade Counties are formed.
15	1838	Chattooga County formed
24	1847	Atlanta, Georgia is incorporated. Formally Marthasville
27	1850	Gordon and Clinch Counties are formed.
28	1851	Clay, Howell, Polk, Spalding, and Whitfield Counties are formed.
29	1852	Taylor County formed.
30	1853	Catoosa, Pickens, Hart, Dougherty, Webster, Flton, and Worth Counties aare creaated.
31	1854	Fannin, Coffee, Chattahooche, Charlton, and Calhoun Counties formed.
33	1856	Haralson, Terrell, Berrien, Colquit, Miller, and Towns Counties formed.
34	1857	Dawson, Milton, Pierce, Glascock, Mitchell, Schley, White, and Wilcox Counties formed.
35	1858	Clayton, Quitman, Banks, Brooks, Johnson, and Echols Counties formed.

Age	Date	Event
7	1830	The first railroad is constructed between Liverpool and Manchester, England
16	1839	Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products.
21	1844	The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code
30	1853	The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S.
33	1856	The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany
36	1859	Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory.

Age	Date	Event
5	1828	Gold is discovered in Georgia.
11	1834	July 9 - The S.S. John Randolph, the first successful iron steamship, is launched in Savannah

Age	Date	Event
7	1830	Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins.
12	1835	Second Seminole Indian War begins.
14	1837	The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned.
17	1840	Oregon Trail is established
19	1842	Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi.
32	1855	Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
37	1860	Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south.

Age	Date	Event
10	1833	Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico

The Children of John Solomon Peacock

67 years old

James Matthew Peacock
Born in Calhoun County, Florida on October 14, 1853 and died in Calhoun County, Florida on January 22, 1940. He was 86 years old.

He married Roxie Davis on 11/29/1878. ...

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